Widescreen 1.2.3 is now available for download for subscribing members and includes the following enhancements:
New theme option - Add up to 10 homepage slideshow images – enhancement
New theme feature – Sub-menu support for WordPress 3.0 – enhancement
New theme enhancement – Input field styling – styling fix
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Widescreen, please replace these files in your widescreen theme folder:
widescreen/includes/custom-styles.php
widescreen/includes/theme-options.php
widescreen/includes/theme-js.php
widescreen/functions/admin-js.php
widescreen/functions/admin-style.css
widescreen/single.php
widescreen/style.css
widescreen/home.php
widescreen/page-blog.php
widescreen/footer-slideshow.php
widescreen/instructions.html
widescreen/includes/js/jquery.custom.js
You can also just overwrite the entire widescreen theme folder if you haven’t customized any of the core theme files. This is the recommended method of upgrading as it ensures you have updated all required theme files.
We’ve just released updates to our Modularity theme framework and its child themes which include some exciting new features:
Functionality Enhancements
iPhone Video Support
Theme Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (L10n)
Improved Theme Options Panel
PhotoShelter Configurator Compatibility Fixes
Theme Minification
iPhone Video Support
You can now add iPhone ready versions of your videos to posts by creating a custom field that contains a key named iphone and pasting the full path to your MP4 video file as its value.
Theme Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (L10n)
One of the most requested features during the last several months has been the ability to translate our themes without actually needing to hard-code any translations into our theme files. You now have that ability in Modularity version 2.7 or newer:
If you are multilingual and interested in helping us create new translation packs for Modularity and its child themes, please get in touch with us.
Note: We already have translators for the following languages:
Dutch
French
German
Norwegian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Improved Theme Options Panel
The theme options panel has been made even better in Modularity 2.7. We’ve added in links to theme instructions files, our new FAQ page, video tutorials, and our support forum. Panels for disabled theme options have been minimized, iPhone video support has been added to Modularity and its child themes, and we’ve also added in a navigation bar link generator for Photoshelter users:
PhotoShelter Configurator Compatibility
We worked closely with our friends at PhotoShelter to increase the number of supported themes from two to seven. PhotoShelter users can now choose from seven of our themes, including:
Just how easy is integrating our designs with PhotoShelter? This video should give you a good idea. Check out our PhotoShelter Integration page for all the details. PhotoShelter is also giving Graph Paper Press users a special $70+ discount available only until April 30, 2010. Click here to take advantage of this rare special offer.
Additional tweaks
Unnecessary Javascript functions and obsolete legacy files have been removed from Modularity and its child themes, reducing your site’s response time and increasing your theme’s overall speed. Videos contained in password protected posts are now properly hidden. The thumbnail slider in F8 now correctly responds to its selected category option and CSS tweaks to the footer allow for proper embedded image margins.
All we can say is think big. Think wide. Our next themes are going to push the envelope in more directions than one. Expected release date? C’mon, we’re designers, not prophets.
7 optional, customizable links can now be added to the navigation from the theme options panel. (replaces automated PhotoShelter integration links)
Automatic thumbnail resizing for images inserted into your blog post hosted externally. If you haven’t set a post thumbnail, or uploaded an image into WordPress using the Add Media button, our script will scan your post and use the first image inserted, resize it to fit your theme design, and use it as the post thumbnail. This will be a major plus for those users hosting images on Flickr or PhotoShelter. Because these images don’t exist in your WordPress Media Library, you cannot use WordPress’ cropping tools for these externally hosted images.
Sticky posts now possible on featured app
Behind the scenes enhancements include:
Slideshow styles moved into theme-css.php and out of header
Removed deprecated files
Bugs squashed:
Optional externally hosted RSS feed in footer fixed
Slider app now displays correctly in Opera browser
Extra black background behind search removed
Special characters on category names bug fixed
Should I upgrade?
You only need to upgrade if you:
Use externally hosted images
Use externally hosted RSS feed
Want more control over your automated integration links in your navigation
Need to use special characters ( ‘ or & or foreign characters ) in your homepage application titles
How do I upgrade?
If you haven’t done so already, upgrade to the latest version of WordPress.
Make a backup of your existing theme, including Modularity.
